Crockpot Chicken, Potatoes, and Green beans
690 Comments Apr 07, 2025
Updated May 03, 2025
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This one-pot Crockpot Chicken, Potatoes, and Green Beans features a homemade lemon garlic dressing poured over the top for a flavorful, healthy dinner you’ll want to make again and again.
This classic chicken, potatoes, and green beans recipe is made completely from scratch! The ingredients are arranged in the crockpot and topped with a homemade lemon garlic Italian dressing—no seasoning packets or butter here, just olive oil and simple pantry spices for a fresh and healthy slow cooker dinner.
Crockpot Chicken Dinner Video
Key Ingredients
This recipe for chicken dinner in the crockpot is made from scratch. Here is what you need. For full ingredient amounts, see the recipe card below the images.
- Boneless skinless chicken breasts – Can use chicken thighs or tenders.
- Fresh green beans – Frozen works well too.
- Red Potatoes – Cut into quarters or about 1/2 inch pieces.
- Homemade Italian dressing – Super quick to make, you just need: Fresh lemon juice, olive oil, oregano, salt, pepper, onion powder, and minced garlic.
How to Make Chicken, Potatoes and Green Beans
Step One: Make the homemade dressing by mixing the olive oil, lemon juice and seasonings.
Step Two: Add the chicken to the center of the slow cooker, add the cut green beans on one side, then the cut potatoes on the other side.
Step Three: Pour over the homemade dressing over the chicken, potatoes and green beans.
Variations
This recipe has been tested many times as is. If you want to make some changes, here are great ideas.
- Use a different vegetable than green beans. You can use: Broccoli, asparagus, canned or fresh corn, baby carrots, or use extra potatoes!
- Use Italian dressing instead of the homemade (such as Newman’s own.
- Or use a stick of melted butter and sprinkle a packet of Good Seasons Italian dressing mix over. You can find the Italian dressing mix on the salad dressing aisle next to the ranch dressing packets.
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“Added to our regular menu rotation. So easy and so delicious!”
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Crockpot Chicken, Potatoes and Green Beans Recipe
How to Video
Ingredients
- 2 lbs. Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
- 1/2 lb. fresh green beans, trimmed (about 2.5 cups)
- 1 1/4 lb. diced red potatoes, about 4 cups
Homemade dressing ingredients:
- 1/3 cup FRESH lemon juice (NOT BOTTLED), (1 large or 2 small lemons)
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 tsp. dried oregano
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. pepper
- 1/4 tsp. onion powder
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
Instructions
- Start by placing the chicken the middle of the slow cooker. Next, add the green beans on one side. Then for the potatoes, you will need to mound them high off to the other side.
- In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together the lemon juice, olive oil, oregano, salt, pepper, onion powder, and garlic cloves.
- Pour this mixture evenly over the chicken, green beans and potatoes.
- Cover and cook on HIGH for 4 hours or LOW for 7 hours, without opening the lid during the cooking time.
- Note- Do NOT use lemon juice out of squeeze bottle, the recipe will not turn out correct.
Sarah’s Notes
- Use a different vegetable than green beans. You can use: Broccoli, asparagus, canned or fresh corn, baby carrots, or use extra potatoes!
- Use Italian dressing instead of the homemade (such as Newman’s own.
- Or use a stick of melted butter and sprinkle a packet of Good Seasons Italian dressing mix over. You can find the Italian dressing mix on the salad dressing aisle next to the ranch dressing packets.
Nutrition
Nutrition info is auto-generated. This information is an estimate; if you are on a special diet, please use your own calculations.
Can I make this in the Oven?
Yes, you can make this in the oven, try this oven version, but most oven versions include an Italian dressing seasoning packet.
More complete meal slow cooker recipes:
Enjoy the all-in-one ease of a Slow Cooker Full Chicken Dinner, or dig into the creamy, savory flavors of Slow Cooker Ranch Chicken and Potatoes.
Let buttery herbs shine with Garlic Butter Chicken and Veggies, or spice things up with a cheesy, saucy Crockpot Chicken Enchilada Casserole.
Serve a down-home favorite like Meatloaf and Baked Potatoes, or make it meaty and hearty with Steak, Potatoes, and Corn cooked low and slow.
Tried this tonight. the green beans were great as were the potatoes. The chicken was very dry and bland. A little siracha helped but I think I’ll either do Italian dressing or double the mixture.
If i wanted to cut this recipe in half, would I still put it in for the same amount of time? Also, could I still use the same amount of the lemon juice, spices, etc, even after cutting the amount of green beans, chicken, and potatoes in half? Or would the amount of liquid effect the way it cooks? Thanks in advance! Can’t wait to try!!
It may be kind of soupy with half the chicken, green beans and potatoes.
Hi – can I adjust this to the instant pot? Anyone done this before?
Is there anything I can replace the lemon with?? Like butter or something? Lemon makes me sick =p
Maybe some red wine vinegar? Taste the sauce before adding it to the crock, it should taste good before cooking it.
How long should I cook it on high if I used frozen chicken
I think 5 hours should do it, an hour to allow the chicken to thaw. 🙂
I made this the other day and I loved it! So good
How would I have to revise this recpie if I wanted to double it?
I would cook it a bit longer 🙂
I made this today and I just finished eating a portion. Wow, it was wonderful, flavor was excellent! Thank you for the recipe I would definitely recommend this for a Sunday late lunch or dinner.
I’m so glad you liked it! 🙂
Followed this recipe to a T, and it was a hit! Easy and delicious. Thank you. Will make it again in the very near future.
Thanks for coming back and letting us know how you liked it! 🙂
Made this tonight exactly like the recipe said. The crockpot was full of juice and it smelled soo good. The fresh green beans and potatoes had a great flavor but the chicken was so dry we could barely eat it. Everyone else had great reviews about the chicken but I didn’t do anything different…. suggestions? Im thinking maybe cooking it longer at a lower temp next time? I would really like to try this again because the flavors were great!
Did you use frozen or fresh chicken? I’m trying to figure out what could of happened. 🙂